Strategy

The only constant in the world today is change – and the pace is accelerating.  Technology, communication, culture, globalization, specialization and innovation continue to create great pain and opportunity in the marketplace. 

Business strategies must strike a balance between all of these evolving issues and a formulaic approach often will not work.  An effective strategy is practical, implementable and can be communicated and understood across an entire organization. 

Strategic clarity escapes many organizations, some times because the day-to-day operations limits the time to focus on the future and some times because the specific skills are not the strengths of current management.  Often many new initiatives fail or are handicapped because they are not driven by a broader startegy – resulting in wasted resources and missed opportunities.

DMG staff has over a decade of experience working with companies and organizations – global corporations to start-ups to develop not only successful strategies, but a clear understanding to see the strategy realized. 

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Additional Reading on Strategy

Start with the End in Mind

Often success is handicapped because plans driven by the limitations of today cannot grow beyond what is possible today.

Can You Say What Your Strategy Is? - David I. Collis, Michael G. Rukstad, Harvard Business Review, April 2008

It’s a dirty little secret: Most executives cannot articulate the objective, scope, and advantage of their business in a simple statement. If they can’t, neither can anyone else.

Strategy as a Wicked Problem – John C. Camillus, Harvard Business Review, May 2008

“Wicked” problems can’t be solved, but they can be tamed. Increasingly, these are the problems strategists face—and for which they are ill equipped.